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Cripple Clarence Lofton
p, voc, 1887-1957 US, Kingsport, Tennessee
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Blues and Jazz
A.k.a. Albert Clemens
American boogie-woogie pianist and singer, born 28 March 1887 in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA, died 9 January 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Extraordinary blues man in Chicago, where he came early of 1900. Started recording in the late 1920s. Influenced Meade Lux Lewis and John Mayall with his highly unacademic boogie playing
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| Al Miller And His Swing Stompers |
Popular Tracks 
Strut That Thing on Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 1 by Cripple Clarence Lofton I Don't Know on Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 1 by Cripple Clarence Lofton Brown Skin Girls on Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 1 by Cripple Clarence Lofton Pitchin' Boogie on Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 1 by Cripple Clarence Lofton Monkey Man Blues on Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 1 by Cripple Clarence Lofton Sixes And Sevens on A Lost Recording Date by Cripple Clarence Lofton I Don't Know on Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 2 by Cripple Clarence Lofton Streamline Train on Mistaken Blues by Cripple Clarence Lofton Crying Mother Blues on Mistaken Blues by Cripple Clarence Lofton You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down on Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 1 by Cripple Clarence LoftonTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boogie Woogie Kings | Albert Ammons, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Pete Johnson, Speckled Red | 2009 | Compil. |
| Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 (1935-1939) | Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1990 | Compil. |
| Clarence's Blues | Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1979 | Compil. |
| Boogie Woogie Kings Volume 8 | Meade "Lux" Lewis / Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1974 | Compil. |
| Jazz Panorama Of The '20 vol. 3 | Meade "Lux" Lewis, Ma Rainey, Tommy Ladnier, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Big Bill Broonzy, Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton | 1971 | Compil. |
| Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis | Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis | 1970 | Compil. |
| Low Down Piano | Montana Taylor / Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1961 | Compil. |
| Cripple Clarence Lofton | Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1959 | Single |
| Pioneers Of Boogie Woogie | Jimmy Yancey & Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1956 | Compil. |
| Boogie Woogie Classic Blues Accompaniments | Meade "Lux" Lewis, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Leroy Garnett, Dobby Bragg | 1955 | Album |
| A Lost Recording Date | Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1954 | Album |
| Policy Blues / I Don't Know | Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1946 | Album |
| The Fives / South End Boogie | Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1944 | Album |
| Brown Skin Girl / You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down | Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1936 | Album |
| Strut That Thing / Monkey Man Blues | Cripple Clarence Lofton | 1935 | Album |
| In De Mornin' / Early Blues | Cripple Clarence Lofton | Album | |
| An Early Exponent Of Boogie Woogie And Blues | Cripple Clarence Lofton | Album | |
| Streamline Train / Had A Dream | Cripple Clarence Lofton | Album | |
| Pitchin' Boogie | Jimmy Yancey & Cripple Clarence Lofton | Compil. | |
| The Yancey-Lofton Sessions Vol. 1 | Alonzo Yancey, Jimmy Yancey, Cripple Clarence Lofton | Compil. | |
| Jazz immortals No.1 | Cripple Clarence Lofton | Compil. | |
| Leadbelly - On The Air, The Rarest Of All Broadcasts 1940-49, Also Included Cripple Clarence Lofton - Rare Unissued Sessions 1938 | Leadbelly Also Included Cripple Clarence Lofton | Album | |
| Jazz Immortals No.3 | Cripple Clarence Lofton | Compil. |
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